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Bombs again target northeast Nigerian city
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say three bombs have exploded in a northeast Nigerian city subject to a wave of sectarian violence by a radical Muslim sect. Lt. Col. Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed, a military spokesman based in the area, told The Associated Press that two bombs exploded Monday night in…
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Author Achebe turns down Nigeria honor again
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The author of the internationally acclaimed novel "Things Fall Apart" and other works examining the political failures and corruption of oil-rich Nigeria has rejected a national honor for a second time over what he says are the country's failings. Chinua Achebe's decision to turn down the…
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Equatorial Guinea vote marred
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A weekend referendum on constitutional changes that will allow Equatorial Guinea's president of three decades to pick his own successor was marred by intimidation and stuffed ballot boxes, a human rights group said Monday. The constitutional changes apparently approved by voters also removed the maximum age limit…
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Sudan army denies bombing South Sudan refugee camp
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan's military is denying that its forces bombed a refugee camp across the border in South Sudan. Aid workers in the Yida camp and officials in South Sudan said military aircraft crossed the border and dropped bombs Thursday in and around the camp. There were no…
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Ugandan held for pigsty made of presidency posters
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say they have arrested a man for "abusing the presidency" after he built a pigsty out of old election posters featuring the president's face. Officer John Kuusa says the 35-year-old taxi dispatcher's decision to construct his pigsty out of the images of President Yoweri…
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Liberia opposition leader seeks new poll post-loss
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's top opposition presidential challenger is seeking a fresh election after losing a runoff in the West African nation. Winston Tubman said late Saturday he wants a new poll within a month after Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won 90.2 percent of the vote on Nov. 8. He…
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Women to be honored for contributions to Africa's Renaissance
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 23, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On the 50th anniversary of Africa's quest for strength in[…]
African Press Organisation
IMF Executive Board Completes First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for The Gambia and Approves US$2.3 Million Disbursement
BANJUL, Gambia, May 23, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed[…]
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